Flora of North America species comparison

erect, to 60 cm, puberulent or glabrous.

erect, to 100 cm, puberulent.

petiole to 5 mm;

blade linear to narrowly lanceolate, 1–6 cm.

petiole 15–40 mm;

blade elliptic to ovate, 3–6 cm.

open racemes, axis recurved at tip in bud;

buds pendent.

open racemes, axis recurved in bud, straight only 1–3 nodes distal to open flowers;

buds pendent, tip acute.

floral tube 2–7 mm, with ring of hairs proximal to distal margin inside;

sepals reflexed together to 1 side;

corolla bowl-shaped, petals purple to pinkish lavender shading white near middle, often reddish purple-flecked, base bright purplish red, 10–35 mm;

stamens 8, unequal, width of outer filaments about 2 times inner, outer anthers lavender, inner smaller, paler.

floral tube 2–3 mm;

sepals usually reflexed individually;

corolla rotate, petals reddish purple, often darker flecked or spotted, narrowly obdeltate to suborbiculate, unlobed, 11–25 × 7–18 mm, length 1.4–1.6 times width;

stamens 8, subequal, subtended by ciliate scales, anthers magenta or orange-red to yellow, pollen blue-gray or bright yellow to tan;

ovary shallowly 4-grooved, puberulent;

stigma exserted beyond anthers.

20–50 mm, beak 3–5 mm.

20–30 mm;

pedicel 0–5 mm.

brown, 1–1.5 mm, minutely scaly to puberulent, crest 0.1 mm.

brown or gray, 1.5–1.8 mm, scaly-echinate, crest 0.1 mm.